The District of Angra do Heroísmo (after 6 October 1898 the ''Autonomous District of Angra do Heroísmo''), was a district of the Ilhas Adjacentes (the former collective name for the

Azores The Azores ( , , ; , ), officially the Autonomous Region of the Azores (), is one of the two autonomous regions of Portugal (along with Madeira). It is an archipelago composed of nine volcanic islands in the Macaronesia region of the North Atl ...

and

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), consisting of the dependent central islands of the Azores. The district of Angra, not to be confused with the modern municipality of Angra do Heroísmo, existed until 1976 when it was abolished in the favor of the autonomy charter of the 1976 Portuguese Constitution.

History

It was created in 1835, with its seat in the city of

Angra do Heroísmo Angra do Heroísmo (), or simply Angra, is a city and municipality on Terceira Island, Portugal, and one of the three capital cities of the Azores. Founded in 1478, Angra was historically the most important city in the Azores, as seat of the Roma ...

, and included the islands of

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, São Jorge and Graciosa. Like its counterparts in Horta and

Ponta Delgada Ponta Delgada (; ) is the largest municipality (''concelho'') and executive capital of the Autonomous Region of the Azores in Portugal. It is located on São Miguel Island, the largest and most populous in the archipelago. As of 2021, it has 67,2 ...

, it was extinguished on 22 August 1975, with the creation of the Junta Regional of the Azores (which superseded the competencies of those institutions).Estatísticas Históricas Portuguesas
INE 2001 With constitutional autonomy of the Azores, the districts were definitively extinguished. The constitution of the Portuguese Republic of 1976 installed a politico-administrative statute that invested power in a regional government.

Geography

The district of Angra do Heroísmo included the northern central islands of the Azores: Graciosa,

and São Jorge. This region includes a land area of 239 km², and the following municipalities: * Santa Cruz da Graciosa *

* Praia da Vitória * Calheta * Velas

References

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